Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-11-07
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condemned Anarchists are being dis
PEELED. As u last nesort an appeal was
made To- the Supreme oouttsof Ia the
United States ii which various ex
Septions we're taken 10 several vital
points Ia dk2 triap aud ilERas hoped
chat the highest legal tribunal would
grant the application for . writ Of er-
ror. based upon She HPccnstitetIonality
OF the jury laws of.the State Of Illinois.
On Wednesday Chief Justice Waite de-
hyered the opinion of the Court denyt
ing ths,application, olosing his remarks
with these words: Z" The writ Of error
prayed for must consequently be de-
nied."" The only remaining thread up
on which to hang Q faint hope is
thrqPgh1 executive alemency, bpt in view
of dIf tHat has been done, and the late
decision L0f,stho Supremer Courts lit is
1"oarcsls probable that Governor ogles-
by will assume the responsibility of in
terteripgI with execution Of sentence.
A brief account of the circumstances
which led to the arrest and conviction
IF the chief conspirators will be of
j" iatsrsst 10 1nany0 who !Ra9s forgotten
them. ~
q AS eaSly as.tbe Summer Of 1885 meet
- ihgs were held both openly and secret
! %ly by a humber of persons who were led
by few men Of tho Dennis Kearny
stripe and at least two newspapers were
publishsd lh the city off Chicago ad vo-
eating the. principles of these ,dsfyers of
law and order.
TIE INAUGURATION of the eight hour
go movement on May /, 1885, WAS the OPP:
Il I'ortunity for the anarchist leaders, and
they were not allow 10 avail themselves
of it. There was a strike in the Mo.
Cormiek Reaper Works, also among the
u. itasnitaEs ebd thsrs were 5000
lumbermen walking the streets in idle
ness.
- cAsmesting was called TO, be held at
the Haymarket;S on Randolph street. on
May 4, 1885, A most incsndiary dpcu-
ment, written by August Spies, was
Heated about the city, announcing the
nature Of the meeting and calling upon,
working people to arm themselves and
- march against t theis capitalists en-.
~ smiesSai sAt% s. iosgook aGIargs. crowd
had collected on the ,Haymarket, aud
the quiethess Tint prccedes storm pre-
vailed. The police were ready. Every
.,,,,. preparation had been made to protect
the CITY against the desperate men.
Spies was the. first speaker, and he
! u gained applause for his incsndiary ut
," tsrances:: Next cams a. q r. Parsons,
who waa followed by Sam Fielding.
His blatant utteranoss were OF the most
n lsapsSipsry naspreg apd sshsed the mob
to howl. He spoke until 1920 P. N,
ut which time 100 police officers from a.
y'tation,near catv hand marohed to the
.-. scene, The speaker paused, and the
4 ( jpl.toons3 oR police sciosed d abohs the
= wagon nom whloh lhes AAa Rspeakiup.
Captain Ward, in charge, called out:
Fla the name Of the pseplsFofI Illinois
command this arowdtt0 stiiaperse. ''nor,
'.''''' With that order, as fit '@srea signai,'
1-spark lwaH seen tor circle over the
speakers wagon and fall IN the midst OF
the police. IL was the terrible dynamite
bomb. An explosion followed aud
twenty. nine people went TO the Rrouhd,
bleeding and ulansled.! Then followed
scene t6Ntmay be understood only By
those who were, there. Desperate men,
had women and police officers struReliur
. y taSO OH great mass in the darkened l6cal-c
ity. It was IL pollock before the stfeets
wefs 'oieAF whsh iE Vas discovered tkot
-. about oneahundred people, had been,
wounded, and sixty of them were POI
}iespsn, The martyr, who was killed
on the spot,wasio ffioek Matthias Dsgan,
and his Comrades who we'll torn TO
pieces and subsequently, died, were
Hsorge Miller, Timothy Flavin, Nils